Before retiring after 33 years in education as the Visual Literacy Facilitator for the Niles Township High Schools in Illinois, Joe Brennan served for 11 years as the AV/Media Coordinator at Niles West H.S. and taught Spanish for more than 20 years before that. He also coached soccer and basketball. Joe first became interested in educational video and multimedia because of his visual approach to teaching and coaching. That interest led to collaborating on the development of an interactive Spanish laser disc program for Encyclopaedia Britannica before leaving the classroom for the media position at Niles West. During his years in that job, the audio-visual department changed from a lending/consumption center to a creating/production area. In 2006 his district received ISTE’s national Sylvia Charp Award in part for the multimedia labs under his direction. He was the Illinois Computing Educators' Technology Educator of the Year in 2003 as well as a semifinalist in Technology & Learning magazine's Ed Tech Leader of the Year program. Joe has been recognized by the corporate community as well; he is a STAR Discovery Educator and an Apple Distinguished Educator. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife, near his new grandchild.
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SMART Technologies master facilitators bring a wealth of knowledge and ideas surrounding the infusion of interactive technology into the classroom.